Why choose gifts based on the Love Languages?
The Love Languages are a beautiful way to deepen your relationships and friendships, because they show you exactly what makes your loved ones feel most appreciated and seen. Read on for ideas on the most meaningful gifts based on Love Languages for each birthday coming up this year.
Gifts can often be hit or miss – sometimes what we love doesn’t feel as meaningful for the person receiving it. So this is a foolproof way to make sure your intention of giving love through gifts is always on point!
It’s amazing how something like a massage voucher can mean different things to different people. For someone who loves Physical Touch, it’s heaven to be nurtured this way. But for someone who values Quality Time, they would’ve preferred an experience you could do together.
Your loved ones will feel deeply seen and appreciated to receive gifts that represent the way they best receive love.
If you haven’t discovered your own top Love Languages yet, you can do the quiz here. And send it to your partner, closest friends and family to get some gift ideas ready!
Words of Affirmation
Those with Words of Affirmation as their top Love Language give and receive love through speaking out loud. They’re the ones who are great at encouraging their friends, who really love compliments and whose idea of a good time is a long conversation over a meal.
Here are my top picks for the people in your life who love Words of Affirmation.
- Where Should We Begin? Card Game by Esther Perel
Your Words of Affirmation friends will appreciate this relationship therapist-designed game because they love creating intimacy through sharing stories, asking questions and getting to know others deeper. Playing this game with them will strengthen your relationship. - Write a Long Card
I love accompanying my gifts with a heartfelt card, expressing my love and appreciation for my loved one on their birthday or special occasion. I can tell that my loved ones with Words of Affirmation as their top Love Language feel so deeply seen and touched by my words – bringing them to tears is so rewarding! - Luxe Journal
Gift your friends the experience of expressing their own words, and maybe include your own little messages to them on random pages throughout the journal – imagine turning to a message of “you’re the best friend in the world” in a few months time!
Physical Touch
These are the huggers and cuddlers. The people who value Physical Touch at the top of their list feel most nurtured and appreciated when they can be physically close to those around them.
Here are my top picks for these loved ones.
- Massage Voucher
For a luxe spa experience or a homemade voucher with you at home! - Dance Lessons
This is a great idea for your romantic partner who loves physical closeness and intimacy. - Bath Bombs & Luxe Body Butter
For the friend who loves a sensory experience.
Quality Time
These people feel most loved when they are sharing experiences with you. Quality Time looks different to everyone, but the foundation is creating time that feels special, where everyone involved is present and there on purpose (not sitting on the couch doing their own things). It could be uninterrupted 1-on-1 time, an adventurous date or new class together.
Here are my top picks for meaningful gifts based on this Love Language.
- Tickets to a show, concert or sport game
A memory they’ll never forget, and it will show just how closely you’ve been paying attention to who their favourite sports team or music artist is. - Adventure or Experience Voucher
This is an amazing opportunity to gift them something they usually wouldn’t think to buy themselves – especially if it’s an experience you can enjoy together. - Take them out for a long meal
Choose a restaurant with a great atmosphere, perfect for hours spent enjoying each other’s company over food and wine. Tapas is always a fantastic choice.
Acts of Service
For these people, the most meaningful thing others can do is support, help and assist them. Acts of Service means someone feels loved when you take something off their plate or do something thoughtful, big or small. (And it’s not just chores like washing their car – it can be the romantic things too).
Here are my top picks.
- Homemade Voucher Book
A book filled with vouchers just for them, with exactly what they want most – a dinner cooked, a car washed, a night alone. - Cook a Meal
Encourage your loved one to sit back or maybe indulge in a luxurious bath while you create their favourite meal for them. - Organise Their Pantry
Purchase some gorgeous pantry containers and, with your family member or friend’s permission, give their pantry a full organisation makeover.
Receiving Gifts
Receiving Gifts is its own Love Language, and it’s pretty explanatory: these are the people who are most touched by receiving thoughtful, personalised tokens of love. “I just saw this and thought of you!” is music to their ears.
For most, the size or expense of the present isn’t the important part; it’s the thoughtfulness that is the delicious part. So a wildflower picked on the way home by their lover can be just as special as a new, luxury lingerie set.
I encourage you to think past materialism for those with Receiving Gifts as their top Love Language and instead consider what you know about these loved ones. What do they value? What gifts do they tend to give others?
If you have spiritual friends in your life, in my opinion a perfect gift is a Personalised Astrology Reading. It’s meaningful, aligned with their values and endlessly valuable. It’s really a gift of self-awareness and finding more peace in life. (This is what I gifted my younger sister on her 21st birthday).
Enjoy spoiling your loved ones in the ways they most want to be spoiled.
With love,
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